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From dried fruit to bike repair, Cuban entrepreneurs prepare for a more open economy 27 Aug 2021 - 06:37 pm
Nayvis Dias (C), founder of Velo Cuba, speaks to employees at her bicycle repair and rental company in Havana, Cuba, August 25, 2021. Picture taken on August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
Paraguay grains ships cut loads, face delays as river levels drop 27 Aug 2021 - 06:18 pm
Boats are pictured on the shore of the Rio Paraguay (Paraguay River), which flows down to the Parana River, as the lack of rain in Brazil, where the river originates, has brought water levels down, forcing cargo ships to reduce the amount of grains that a
Vaccinated Chileans shout and dance for study to see if the show can go on for concerts 27 Aug 2021 - 06:01 pm
Vaccinated Chileans enjoy the Chancho en Piedra band during a concert as part of a study of the Hospital Clinico de la Universidad de Chile (Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile) for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Santiago, Chile,
China greenlights Covid-19 booster shots for high-risk residents 27 Aug 2021 - 05:07 pm
People are seen at Beijing's tech hub Zhongguancun, China August 23, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
16 killed in Pakistan chemical factory fire 27 Aug 2021 - 04:35 pm
Members of the scout emergency response team, survey amid the burned wreckage, after a fire broke out at a multi-story chemical factory, in Karachi, Pakistan, August 27, 2021. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Poland to offer COVID booster shots to people with reduced immunity 27 Aug 2021 - 04:29 pm
People queue up outside a mass vaccination centre to receive a Johnson & Johnson jab against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) without prior registration during the campaign
China swoops on algorithms in latest tech clampdown 27 Aug 2021 - 03:38 pm
A man looking at a phone is seen through a digitally decorated glass during the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
BioNTech eyes Rwanda, Senegal for malaria, tuberculosis vaccine production 27 Aug 2021 - 03:27 pm
CEO and co-founder of BioNTech, Ugur Sahin attends a meeting in Berlin, Germany, August 27, 2021. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi
China's Zhifei says unit's COVID shot shows 81.76% efficacy in late-stage trial 27 Aug 2021 - 03:18 pm
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US on alert for more ISIS attacks after 85 killed in Kabul airport carnage 27 Aug 2021 - 01:25 pm
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Thailand eases curbs on retail and restaurants to spur economy 27 Aug 2021 - 12:57 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask enters a taxi in Chinatown, after the government started opening some restaurants outside shopping malls, parks, and barbershops during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, Ma
Contaminant in Moderna vaccines suspected to be metallic particles -NHK 27 Aug 2021 - 12:42 pm
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New Zealand eases nationwide lockdown but Auckland shut off 27 Aug 2021 - 12:36 pm
People jog past a social distancing sign on the first day of New Zealand's new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) safety measure that mandates wearing of a mask on public transport, in Auckland, New Zealand, August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Fiona Goodall/File Photo
Sydney cases dip as Australia debates COVID-19 reopening plans 27 Aug 2021 - 12:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wait in line outside a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination clinic in the Bankstown suburb during a lockdown to curb an outbreak of cases in Sydney, Australia, August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
Mexican researchers say they created facemask that neutralizes COVID-19 27 Aug 2021 - 11:55 am
The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Cont
India asks two states to consider night curfew as COVID-19 cases rise 27 Aug 2021 - 11:21 am
A man looks out from a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ward in the Government Medical College Hospital in Manjeri, in the Malappuram district of the southern state of Kerala, India. August 18, 2021. Picture taken August 18, 2021. REUTERS/Krishna N. Das
Sinopharm, Sinovac shots remained protective in Guangdong outbreak, Chinese researchers say 27 Aug 2021 - 11:04 am
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The Afghan minister who became a bicycle courier in Germany 27 Aug 2021 - 09:04 am
Former Afghan Communication Minister Sayed Sadaat sits with his gear as he works for the food delivery service Lieferando in Leipzig, Germany, August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke